CXC CSEC Social Studies exam guide - Section B1: Sustainable Development and Use of Resources

CXC CSEC Social Studies Exam Guide

Section B: Sustainable Development and Use of Resources

(1) Development and Use Of Resources

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

The students should be able to:

Explain and use correctly concepts and terms associated with human and physical resources.

Explanation of terms and concepts:

(a) Concepts related to human
resources: population, birth rate,
death rate, natural increase, life
expectancy, infant
mortality rate, fertility rate,
migration, immigration,
emigration, net migration,
brain dran, urbanization,
depopulation, population density,
population distribution,
dependency ratio,
employment, unemployment,
underemployment,
unemployable, labour force,
sustainable development,
population census, resource,
human resource.

(b) Concepts related to physical
resources: development,
environment, conservation,
energy, renewable resource,
natural resource, non-renewable
resource, infrastructure, food
security, pollution,
conservation, global warming,
greenhouse effect.
Environmental impact and
assessment.

Major characteristics of a populationaccording to age, sex, occupation, ethnicity, religion, dependency ratio.

Factors influencing population change:

birth rate,

death rate,

migration.

Sources of population statistics:

(a) National census, Registrar's office,
Office of Naturalization, records of
religious institutions.

(b) Uses of population statistics: For
planning related to: housing,
healthcare, education,
employment, social welfare,
infrastructural development.

Migration:

(a) Causes:
Push and pull factors that
influence rural- urban, urban-rural
migrationamong Caribbean
countries and migration between
the Caribbean and other parts of
the world;

(b) Consequences of migration to
the individual, the host country
and to the country of origin.

Explain the need for developing human resources;

The need for:

Productive workers, creative and critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Development of human resources through:

(a) nutrition and health;

(b) the availability of and access to
primary and curative health care;

(c) education (basic, moral,
vocational, and professional
training, rehabilitation,
retaining);

(d) the availability and access to
various types of educational
institutions;

(e) the provision of scholarships;

(e) sports;

(f) culture;

Factors the influence employment, unemployment, underemployment:

(a) Availability and use of capital

(b) Level and range of skills demanded
verses those available,

(c) Availability and creation of markets,
trading patterns and preferences,

(d) Level of technology available in
relation to resource development

Preparation for the world of work:

(a) Choosing a job or self-employment-

making choices, considering
values, needs, interests, ambitions.

(b) Procedural requirements for job
selection and self–employment:

i. Collecting information on jobs,

ii. Listing available options

iii. Assessing available options

iv. Determining consequences of
choice

v. Obtaining resources

(c) rights and responsibilites of workers

(a) Location of major natural resources;

i. Renewable -
agricultural land, water, forests,
beaches, marine life, solar
energy, wind.

ii. Non-renewable - petroleum,
bauxite, gold, diamond, other
minerals, geothermal energy.

(b) Uses of natural resources.

Data related to human and physical resources: population, migration, employment and unemployment statistics.